A Sad, Frosty End to my Garden

August and September have been terribly cold, cloudy and wet so my garden went from thriving and flourishing in July to stalled in August. And then last night, there was a killer frost overnight and when I woke up, my garden looked like this:

My pumpkin and cucumbers that I planted had grown like weeds and were almost taking over the backyard but after one night of frost, they just wilted and died. And because there wasn't enough sunlight and heat after July to ripen anything, they had dozens of flowers on them but no fruit. OK, one fruit, a little tiny 2 inch pumpkin:

And my beautiful Roma tomatoes also never had the chance to ripen:

But we did get a lovely harvest of carrots, peas and beets so it wasn't a total write off. And, there's always next year!

And, on another topic, I got all 400 of my I Spy squares back in the mail (I ended up joining 2 swaps this summer) and I've been busy sorting and arranging them into all sorts of fun quilts. Here's a small peek at what I've been up to:

Back to School They Go...

My baby, all set for her first day at Junior High...

And C, less excited than he looks, heading off to Grade 1. Out of the two different grade 1 teachers he could have been assigned to, he got the better one so I'm hoping that helps him enjoy this year of school better than his last one.

One of our start-of-the-year traditions: the kids will come home to a classic snack of warm chocolate chip cookies and milk.

M will start another year of playschool next week, and that day can't come fast enough for her, she doesn't like being left out one bit.

Yesterday, I spent the last day of summer in the dentist's office getting my first ever and hopefully last ever root canal. While I was gone, H got into the cereal cupboard and had fun playing with the puffed wheat:

I can't believe the summer is over already, that went by way too fast, we didn't fit everything in that I wanted to do. The passing time reminds me to enjoy every day as it comes and take nothing for granted.